House of the Red Sword

Located in the Ruby District of the Upper Circle within the Capital City of Quur, this fortress like estate serves as the residence of High General Qoran Milligreest and his immediate family.

Description
The estate is located two streets down from the Great Forge, and has red mage lights along the street to represent it as a place in the Ruby District. It is built with appearance of a fortress, but has a central open courtyard with several stories, a practice ring, and the typical rooms of nobles, such as library, offices, and music room. Much about this estate, especially the outside, reflect the professional, neat, organization of the Milligreest's occupation.

Front Entrance & Front Lawn
The entrance is kept by large wrought iron gates with a decorative red metal sword welded into the design. Along the road side of the yard are palm trees, straight and even. The lush yard of the lawn is not overly decorated and has only narrow strips of short flowers. In the yard there is visible dueling yards, stables, and a horse riding ring. The house itself is very fortress like. It's three stories are plain and covered in red-orange plaster and is complete with battlements, arrow slits, and a tower on each corner. "'It seemed more fortress than palace: there were no proper windows, and only a single, massive front door. The damn thing even had arrow slits.'"

Main Courtyard & Murals
The courtyard is in the center of the house with all three floors looking out over it, with the ground floor having large archways to the inside. The courtyard has fountains and orange trees, with braided reed chairs and tables casually arranged at the center. Along the wall nearest the front entrance, there is a mural, Kandor's Bane (by Felicia Nacinte, requested by Laris Milligreest the Fourth), painted on the plaster.

Library
The Milligreest's library is well used and clearly very prized by its owners. It has a large fireplace at its end with several high back chairs around it. Its walls and ceilings are carefully crafted with various colors of wood to reveal patterns. Its books are older, and clearly used regularly.

Music Room
One of the rooms in the estate houses several harps, and place to practice. Qoran owns several harps all of wealthy value, including, at the start of The Ruin of Kings, Valathea. It is kept secure with a heavy lock and large carved wood doors.

Jarith's Office
Jarith's office has a large desk and several chairs for guests, but you would be hard pressed to find them under the mounds of papers, scrolls, map, and reports. From the vast amount of papers, it is likely Jarith worked from home a great deal.